Invitation to Concordia AI Public Report Launch Webinar
Featuring Matt Sheehan, Jeffrey Ding, Angela Zhang, and Robert Trager
Concordia AI will soon be publishing our State of AI Safety in China Spring 2024 Report! This is an update to our inaugural 2023 version.
To present and discuss the key findings of the report and the AI safety landscape in China, Concordia AI will hold a launch webinar on May 15, 2024 at 9 AM ET / 2 PM BST / 9 PM China time. We are inviting several distinguished experts to join us for the event:
Jeffrey Ding, Assistant Professor of Political Science at George Washington University
Matt Sheehan, Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Robert Trager, Co-Director of the Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative
Angela Zhang, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Hong Kong and Director of the Philip K. H. Wong Center for Chinese Law
The event will include an approximately 10-minute presentation on the report from Concordia AI, a 40-minute panel discussion, and an opportunity for audience Q&A.
You can sign up for the event on Zoom.
A full event description and bios of the speakers can be found below.
Event description
The rapid pace of AI development has created both awe and fear worldwide. Similarly, China’s role in AI has elicited reactions ranging from skepticism, hope, and concern. To help the world better understand China’s positions and actions on frontier AI safety and governance, Concordia AI will soon publish the State of AI Safety in China (Spring 2024) report. This report provides updates on China’s swiftly evolving landscape since our inaugural 2023 version, highlighting how Chinese understanding of AI safety has deepened considerably and efforts to combat frontier AI risks have intensified, particularly in Chinese scientific research, expert advocacy, and international diplomacy.
Speakers:
Jeffrey Ding is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at George Washington University. His research agenda covers emerging technologies and international security, the political economy of innovation, and China's scientific and technological capabilities. His book Technology and the Rise of Great Powers, forthcoming with Princeton University Press in August 2024, investigates how past technological revolutions influenced the rise and fall of great powers, with implications for U.S.-China competition in emerging technologies like AI. Dr. Ding’s research has been published or is forthcoming in European Journal of International Relations, Foreign Affairs, International Studies Quarterly, Review of International Political Economy, and Security Studies, and his work has been cited in The Washington Post, The Financial Times, and other outlets. He received his PhD in 2021 from the University of Oxford, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar, and earned his B.A. in 2016 at the University of Iowa.
Matt Sheehan is a fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where his research covers global technology issues with a focus on China. His research projects explore China’s artificial intelligence ecosystem, the future of Chinese technology policy, and the role of technology in China’s political economy. Matt is the author of The Transpacific Experiment: How China and California Collaborate and Compete for our Future (Counterpoint Press, 2019).
Robert Trager is Co-Director of the Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative, International Governance Lead at the Centre for the Governance of AI, and Senior Research Fellow at the Blavatnik School of Government at the University of Oxford. He is a recognized expert in the international governance of emerging technologies, diplomatic practice, institutional design, and technology regulation. He regularly advises government and industry leaders on these topics.
Angela Zhang is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Hong Kong and Director of the Philip K. H. Wong Center for Chinese Law. Widely recognized as a leading authority on China’s tech regulation, Angela has written extensively on this topic. She is the author of Chinese Antitrust Exceptionalism: How the Rise of China Challenges Global Regulation (Oxford, 2021), which was named one of the Best Political Economy Books of 2021 by ProMarket. Angela's second book, High Wire: How China Regulates Big Tech and Governs Its Economy, was released by Oxford University Press in March 2024. In fall 2024, Angela will join the University of Southern California as a Professor of Law. For more information, please visit her website at AngelaZhang.net, and follow her on Twitter @AngelaZhangHK.